Why is it that God wants to fark with his followers so much? I mean, if he was really pissed at us atheist he would send his avenging angels to an atheist convention, hell even a library is more likely to have a higher percentage of atheists than a midnight showing of a blockbuster. (Per Capita) Instead, when the Big Guy gets pissed about the blasphemers and heathens, he shoots up a bunch of his followers. What a dick. Just wanted to know if you had any insight on this.

"...And since we ordered God out of our schools and communities, the military and public conversations, you know, we really shouldn't act so surprised when all hell breaks loose."

I saw something like that on Facebook after a school shooting in a Cleveland suburb a few months back, and I really wanted to say, "Really? You think if the shooter were forced to pray, he wouldn't have committed the deed?" And that was a lot less extreme than Huckabee's statement.

Back in the day, to speak in front of people, you literally had to speak in front of people. If what you said made them mad enough to throw things at you, they threw things at you. If you couldn't get through a simple stump speech without 80 pages of notes and someone whispering your lines into an earpiece, you couldn't be employed as a politician, let alone be elected.

Now think about everyone who represents you in government. When is the last time you've seen any of them in person... IF EVER. Voting districts are too huge. The only way to be marketed is to be a party shill. And ...

Diogenes:Honestly. We should really be affording the shooter the respect he deserves.

What a peculiar thing to get upset by in this situation.

I don't give a whit for the shooter's feelings. Terrible tragedy and so forth and so on, so of course human beings and Farkers are going to make light of it. Less than an hour after the Challenger disaster, people were making jokes about it.

However, that people are so willing to ape Drew is disturbing and reminiscent of cult-like behavior.

PhiloeBedoe:FTA: "...All that was needed is one Courageous/ Brave man prepared mentally or otherwise to stop this it could have been done."

The shooter was armored head to toe. Anybody throwing down on him would have been shot dead. We are in an arms race with crazy f*ckers now.

They also pointed out he had throat and groin protection, he knew EXACTLY what he was doing.

If I were there and I thought it might save my family, I would try and tackle him from behind, and when I discovered his head, neck, and groin were covered I'd have to make peace with the universe in about 1/2 a second...

James F. Campbell:Diogenes: Honestly. We should really be affording the shooter the respect he deserves.

What a peculiar thing to get upset by in this situation.

I don't give a whit for the shooter's feelings. Terrible tragedy and so forth and so on, so of course human beings and Farkers are going to make light of it. Less than an hour after the Challenger disaster, people were making jokes about it.

However, that people are so willing to ape Drew is disturbing and reminiscent of cult-like behavior.

That's one solution. Make everyone too fat to go around shooting people. They'd get winded just carrying the gun into the store/church/preschool. Hard to shoot people when you're attached to an oxygen tank or you need a crane to leave the house!

That's one solution. Make everyone too fat to go around shooting people. They'd get winded just carrying the gun into the store/church/preschool. Hard to shoot people when you're attached to an oxygen tank or you need a crane to leave the house!

You could always hook up the aiming to one of those blow-straws attached to the scooter and the trigger pull to a button on the armrest. You're just not thinking AMERICAN enough.

If you don't wear body armor everywhere you go in public you deserve to die from gun shot. People need to have personal responsibility for their own protection. The police aren't there to save you they are there to fill out the paperwork after the fact.